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From: nick@deccan.dec.com (Nick Tsivranidis)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Does C++ deserve its name?
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Date: 17 Jan 90 19:21:45 GMT
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	I happen to be new to the C++ environment and I am very surprised
	to find out how much it goes against the old C style (weak type 
	checking, responsibility/discipline up to the programmer etc).
	I love Object Oriented programming and design but C++ seems to go
	well beyond the OOPS support. I would be curious to see if any of you
	has read, seen or heard the opinions of Mr Kernighan or Mr Richie
	or any of the older C gurus. Do they think C++ follows in the tradition
	of C or should we (non-believers) start a campaign to change its name
	to something that doesn't involve the magic letter C? 

								- Nick -

	P.S. Hope this hasn't been discussed to death, as I was absent from
	the net for a while...